Deaths on 3 August
2000s
Loni Anderson
2025
American actress (1945–2025)
Yamini Krishnamurthy
2024
Indian dancer (1940–2024)
Mark Margolis
2023
American actor (1939–2023)
Bram Moolenaar
2023
Dutch computer programmer (1961–2023)
Jackie Walorski
2022
American politician (1963–2022)
John Hume
2020
Irish nationalist politician (1937–2020)
Robert Conquest
2015
British-American historian and poet (1917–2015)
Mel Farr
2015
American football player and businessman (1944–2015)
Coleen Gray
2015
American actress (1922–2015)
Margot Loyola
2015
Johanna Quandt
2015
German businesswoman (1926–2015)
Jef Murray
2015
American fantasy artist and author
Miangul Aurangzeb
2014
Last wali ahad of former Swat State
Edward Clancy (cardinal)
2014
Australian cardinal (1923–2014)
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
2014
American novelist
Kenny Drew Jr.
2014
American jazz pianist (1958–2014)
Lydia Yu-Jose
2014
Filipino academic
John Coombs
2013
British racing driver
Jack Hightower
2013
American judge (1926–2013)
Jack Hynes (soccer)
2013
American soccer player and coach
Frank Evans (baseball)
2012
Baseball player
Martin Fleischmann
2012
British chemist (1927–2012)
Paul McCracken (economist)
2012
American economist (1915–2012)
John Pritchard (basketball)
2012
American basketball player
George Shanard
2012
American politician (1926–2012)
William Sleator
2011
American science fiction author
Bubba Smith
2011
American actor and athlete (1945–2011)
Bobby Hebb
2010
American singer-songwriter (1938–2010)
Nikolaos Makarezos
2009
Greek Army officer (1919–2009)
Skip Caray
2008
American sportscaster (1939–2008)
Erik Darling
2008
American folk singer-songwriter (1933–2008)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
2008
Soviet-Russian author and dissident (1918–2008)
John Gardner (British writer)
2007
English writer (1926–2007)
Peter Thorup
2007
Musical artist
Arthur Lee (musician)
2006
American rock musician (1945–2006)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
2006
German-born opera soprano (1915–2006)
Françoise d'Eaubonne
2005
French ecofeminist (1920–2005)
Henri Cartier-Bresson
2004
French photographer (1908–2004)
Roger Voudouris
2003
American singer-songwriter (1954–2003)
Christopher Hewett
2001
English actor and theatre director (1921–2001)
Joann Lõssov
2000
Estonian basketball player
1900s
Rod Ansell
1999
Bushman and inspiration for Crocodile Dundee (1954–1999)
Byron Farwell
1999
American historian and politician
Alfred Schnittke
1998
Soviet-born Russian composer (1934–1998)
Pietro Rizzuto
1997
Canadian politician
Jørgen Garde
1996
Danish admiral
Ida Lupino
1995
British actress and filmmaker (1918–1995)
Edward Whittemore
1995
American novelist
Wang Hongwen
1992
Chinese politician and activist (1935–1992)
Carolyn Jones
1983
American actress (1930–1983)
Bertil Ohlin
1979
Swedish economist, politician, and Nobel Laureate (1899–1979)
Angelos Terzakis
1979
Greek writer (1907–1979)
Makarios III
1977
Greek Cypriot prelate and politician (1913–1977)
Alfred Lunt
1977
American actor (1892–1977)
Andreas Embirikos
1975
Greek surrealist poet and psychoanalyst
Edgar Johan Kuusik
1974
Estonian architect
Richard Marshall (United States Army officer)
1973
United States Army general (1895–1973)
Giannis Papaioannou
1972
Greek musician and composer (1913–1972)
Alexander Mair
1969
Australian politician
Konstantin Rokossovsky
1968
Soviet and Polish general (1896–1968)
Lenny Bruce
1966
American comedian and social critic (1925–1966)
Flannery O'Connor
1964
American writer (1925–1964)
Signe Salén
1963
Swedish doctor (1871–1963)
Hilda Rix Nicholas
1961
Australian artist (1884–1961)
Herb Byrne
1959
Australian rules footballer
Peter Collins (racing driver)
1958
British racing driver (1931–1958)
Colette
1954
French novelist (1873–1954)
Ignotus
1949
Hungarian editor and writer
Frumka Płotnicka
1943
Polish Jewish resistance fighter (1914–1943)
Richard Willstätter
1942
German chemist (1872–1942)
Konstantin Konik
1936
Estonian politician and surgeon
Emile Berliner
1929
German-born American inventor (1851–1929)
Thorstein Veblen
1929
American economist and sociologist (1857–1929)
William Bruce (cricketer)
1925
Australian cricketer (1864–1925)
Joseph Conrad
1924
Polish-British writer (1857–1924)
Ture Malmgren
1922
Swedish journalist and politician (1851–1922)
Peeter Süda
1920
Estonian composer and organist
Ferdinand Georg Frobenius
1917
German mathematician (1849–1917)
Roger Casement
1916
Irish diplomat, activist, nationalist and poet (1864–1916)
William Lyne
1913
Australian politician (1844–1913)
1800s
George Inness
1894
19th-century American landscape painter
Joseph Severn
1879
English painter
William B. Ogden
1877
American politician (1805–1877)
August Böckh
1867
German classical scholar and antiquarian (1785–1867)
Gábor Klauzál
1866
Hungarian politician (1804–1866)
Eugène Sue
1857
French writer (1804–1857)
Dorothea von Schlegel
1839
German novelist and translator (1764–1839)
Wenzel Müller
1835
Austrian composer and conductor
Christopher Anstey
1805
English poet
Before 1800
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
1797
British Army general (1717–1797)
Richard Arkwright
1792
English inventor and entrepreneur (1732–1792)
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
1780
French philosopher (1714–1780)
Stanisław Konarski
1773
Polish pedagogue, educational reformer, political writer, poet, dramatist and priest
Johann Matthias Gesner
1761
German classical scholar and schoolmaster (1691–1761)
Grinling Gibbons
1721
Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver
Anthonie Heinsius
1720
Dutch statesman (1641–1720)
Joshua Barnes
1712
British classical scholar (1654–1712)
Guillaume du Vair
1621
French author and lawyer (1556–1621)
Bernardino de Mendoza
1604
Spanish diplomat and military commander
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger
1546
Italian architect (1484–1546)
Étienne Dolet
1546
16th-century French scholar and printer
Francesco Ferruccio
1530
Italian captain
Scaramuccia Trivulzio
1527
Italian Catholic cardinal (1465-1527)
James II of Scotland
1460
King of Scots from 1437 to 1460
Bartholomew Burghersh the elder
1355
English nobleman and soldier (died 1355)
Al-Ta'i'
1003
Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad (r. 974–991)
Thietmar, Margrave of Meissen
979
Empress Dowager Cao (Li Cunxu's mother)
925
Later Tang Dynasty figure (died 925)
Burchard, Duke of Thuringia
908
Duke of Thuringia from 892 to 908
Egino, Duke of Thuringia
908
Rudolf I (bishop of Würzburg)
908
Bishop of Würzburg